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Submitted by Alice on Tue, 2017-10-17 21:45
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders is named winner of the 2017 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Lincoln in the Bardo is the first full-length novel from George Saunders, internationally renowned short story writer.
The 58-year-old New York resident, born in Texas, is the second American author to win the prize in its 49-year history. He was in contention for the prize with two British, one British-Pakistani and two American writers.
Lincoln no Bardo é o primeiro romance de George Saunders. Nestas páginas, o autor revela-nos o seu trabalho mais original, transcendente e comovedor. A acção desenrola-se num cemitério e, durante apenas uma noite, a história é-nos narrada por um coro de vozes, que fazem deste livro uma experiência impar que apenas George Saunders nos conseguiria dar.
Ousado na estrutura, generoso e profundamente interessado nos sentimentos, Lincoln no Bardo é uma prova de que a ficção pode falar sobre as coisas que realmente nos interessam. Saunders inventou uma nova forma narrativa, caledoscópica e teatral, entoada ao som de diferentes vozes, de modo a fazer-nos uma pergunta profunda e intemporal: como podemos viver e amar sabendo que tudo o que amamos tem um fim?
Informação relacionada com o livro vencedor retirada da página do editor em Portugal (RELÓGIO D'ÁGUA)
4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster (US) (Faber & Faber)
History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund (US) (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (Pakistan-UK) (Hamish Hamilton)
Elmet by Fiona Mozley (UK) (JM Originals)
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (US) (Bloomsbury Publishing)
Autumn by Ali Smith (UK) (Hamish Hamilton)
Foi hoje anunciado pelo júri do The Man Booker a lista dos 13 nomeados ao galardão.
O vencedor só será conhecido no dia 17 de Outubro.
The longlist, or ‘Man Booker Dozen’, for the £50,000 Man Booker Prize is announced today.
This year’s longlist of 13 books was selected by a panel of five judges: Baroness Lola Young (Chair); literary critic, Lila Azam Zanganeh; Man Booker Prize shortlisted novelist, Sarah Hall; artist, Tom Phillips CBE RA; and travel writer, Colin Thubron CBE.
The list was chosen from 144 submissions published in the UK between 1 October 2016 and 30 September 2017.
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, first awarded in 1969, is open to writers of any nationality, writing in English and published in the UK.
The 2017 longlist, or Man Booker ‘Dozen’, of 13 novels, is:
Title Author (nationality) (imprint)
4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster (US) (Faber & Faber)
Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (Ireland) (Faber & Faber)
History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund (US) (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (Pakistan-UK) (Hamish Hamilton)
Solar Bones by Mike McCormack (Ireland) (Canongate)
Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor (UK) (4th Estate)
Elmet by Fiona Mozley (UK) (JM Originals)
The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy (India) (Hamish Hamilton)
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (US) (Bloomsbury)
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie (UK-Pakistan) (Bloomsbury)
Autumn by Ali Smith (UK) (Hamish Hamilton)
Swing Time by Zadie Smith (UK) (Hamish Hamilton)
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (US) (Fleet)